CFP National Championship - Alabama vs Ohio State
Nielsen average audience: 18,710,000 viewers (final), per Wikipedia.
- Aired
- 2021-01-11 Monday
- Networks
- ESPN
- Teams
- No. 1 Alabama · No. 3 Ohio State
18,710,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
18,710,000
Nielsen ratings 10.31 (18.71 million viewers)Wikipedia, verbatim
18,650,000
18.65MSports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
College Football 2020 season
Postseason · 3rd of 280 published College Football figures in the 2020 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:38 UTC
CFP National Championship by year
2015–2025Record
33.4M 2015
This telecast
#4 of 5 Panel + Out-of-Home
Years on record
11 2015–2025
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
- Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
- Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
11 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 20:38 UTC
| Year | Telecast | Avg audience |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | CFP National Championship | 33,400,000 |
| 2016 | CFP National Championship | 26,180,000 |
| 2017 | CFP National Championship | 26,030,000 |
| 2018 | CFP National Championship | 28,440,000 |
| 2019 | CFP National Championship | 25,280,000 |
| 2020 | CFP National Championship | 25,590,000 |
| 2021 | CFP National Championship | 18,710,000 |
| 2022 | CFP National Championship | 22,600,000 |
| 2023 | CFP National Championship | 17,220,000 |
| 2024 | CFP National Championship | 25,050,000 |
| 2025 | CFP National Championship | 22,100,000 |
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